Press-board.



PATENTBD JAN. 27, 1903.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 3 1902.

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CHARLES KORYTA, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PRESS -BOARD.

ISPECIFIGATIQN :t'ormmg part of Letters Patent No. 719,015, dated January 27, 1903.

Application filed May 3, 1902- erial lilo. 105,748. (No model.)

T0 at] whens it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES KORYTA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Press-Boards; and'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to press-boards, and particularly to tailors press-boards used in pressing coats and othergarments having buttons thereon.

The object of the invention is to form an improved board having recesses to receive the buttons, so that the coat or other garment will lie flat on the board, thereby avoiding removing the buttons from the garment or straining the cloth or buttons.

A further object is to form a press-board of this kind in which there will be no continuous groove between the buttons, which has the effect of forming a welt on the goods when pressed.

A further object is to form a board in which the holes for the buttons may be adjusted to different distances apart.

The invention is hereinafter described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view with the base of the board removed to show the means for operating the bnttonhole-disks. Fig. 3 is a cross-section.

Referring; specifically to the drawings, the top hoard, upon which the garments are pressed, is indicated at 6, sections 6 of which slide laterally to open the board for the insertion of the buttons below the surface of the Disks 7 are let into circular recesses formed in the board and turn freely therein, the tops of the disks being flush with the top of the board. Each disk has a notch 7 cntin the edge thereof, communicating with undercut recesses 7 in the meeting edges of the disks and the slides. These recesses are of sufficient size to receive the buttons, and the attaching-threads of the buttons extend through the notches. A central orfixed hole is formed at 9, having similar undercut recesses. The centers of all the disks and the hole 9 are in a straight line; also, a common tangent exte'ndingacross the hole 0 would form a straight line. The consequence of this is that when the disks are turnedthe distances between the holes are equal. The distance varies at different adjustments; but at each adjustment the distance between the several holesis the same. The disks have reduced stems 7", extending through the top board. Cranks 10 are attached to the stems and are connected by slot-and-pin connections to a bar 11, which slides in a groove formed in the under side of the top board. The slide of the bar is parallel to a line through the centers of the disks. The bar is operated by a hand-'screw 12, extending through a threaded bore in a block 13, attached to the end of the sliding bar. Movement of the bar by means of the screw causes a corresponding turn of the disks, which varies the distance between the buttonholes to suit the distance of the buttons on the garment.

The board illustrated has holes for four buttons. Additional holes may be provided by the addition of other disks.

A bottom board 15 is located below the top board, forming a space in which the adjusting devices are located and in which they work.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A press-board having recesses for a plurality of buttons and a continuous surface therebetween, and means to vary the distance between the recesses.

2. A press-board having several movable parts forming individual recesses each for a button, and means to move some of the parts to vary the distance between the recesses according to the distance between the buttons.

3. A press-board having surface parts containing button-recesses, said parts being mov' able to vary the distance between the recesses without destroying the continuity of the surface.

4. A press-board comprising fixed and sliding sections, disks therein adjacent the sliding sections, said disks having thread-openings communicating with button recesses ICO thereunder and being movable to change the said recesses being equidistant, and means to distance between the openings. adjust the movable sections to vary the dis- 5. The combination with the board 7 6 and 1 tance between the recesses and to retain their the sliding sections 6, having the hole 9 and relative equal distance from each other. button-recesses, of the disks 7 having the In testimonywhereoflaffix mysignature in [5 thread-openings and button -1ecesses, and presence of two witnesses.

means to turn the disks. CHARLES KORYTA.

6. A press-hoard comprisinga fixed section \Vitnesses: with abntton recess therein,tn0vable sections 1 JOHN A. BOMMHARDT,

10 having several button-recesses therein, all of LOTTIE NEWBURN. 

